Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1943-04-23
Editing: John Beardsley (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #33 Edit Cover
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Uncle Sam vs. Boss Spring!
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Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 3.

Mobtown, U.S.A.!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Uncle Sam / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Boss Spring (villain); Spring's gang (villains)
Synopsis:
Boss Spring has been elected Mayor of the city by a narrow margin over the reform candidate, and vows that, from now on, things will be different in the city. City services, normally free, now have to be paid for. Police are told what they can do and what they can't. Uncle Sam is elected to step in and take care of the situation, but Boss Spring has him and Buddy arrested.
Reprints (1)

It's Thrilling - Savage - Bloody
(Table of Contents: 2)

Quicksilver / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed as Fred)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed as Fred)
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Quicksilver; Captain Zenzo Shimizu (villain, death); the Japanese (villains, all die)
Synopsis:
While patrolling the Aleutian Islands, Quicksilver decides to land on Kattu Island looking for Japanese soldiers, and he finds them. Taken prisoner, the Japanese decide to allow Quicksilver to battle their Captain, a Ju-Jitsu black belt champion.
Reprints (1)

The Goblets of Fatimara
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Unknown / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:war; superhero
Characters:
The Unknown; General Mitsui (villain)

The Case of the Purple Mask
(Table of Contents: 4)

Sally O'Neil Policewoman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Al Bryant (signed)
Inks:
Al Bryant (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Sally O'Neil; The Purple Mask (villain)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Windy Breeze / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm afraid of snakes around here, Unk!
Characters:
Windy Breeze

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Destroyer 171 / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:war; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Lieutenant Commander Blake has been wounded in action...
Characters:
Lt. Commander Henry Blake; Commander Evans
Synopsis:
After Blake is wounded, Evans takes over command of the 171.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Salty Waters / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! Shore leave for a coupla hours!

The Mother Haggard Gang
(Table of Contents: 8)

Kid Patrol / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Gill Fox (signed)
Inks:
Gill Fox (signed)
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  • Genre:adventure; humor; children
Characters:
Kid Patrol [Sunshine; Teddy; Suzy; Porky]; Mother Haggard (villain)

Death to the Death Ray!
(Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages

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Letters:
typeset

The Blackout Killers!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Chic Carter / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
Characters:
Chic Carter

Indexer Notes

The Chic Carter feature had been appearing in Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 Series) (last in #18 (April 1943)), but will now be in National Comics.

Case No. 7: The Return of Mata Hari
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G-2 / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:spy
Characters:
G-2 [Don Leash]; Mata Hari (villain)
Reprints (2)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Uncle Sam vs. Boss Spring!
    Uncle Sam
  2. Mobtown, U.S.A.!
    Uncle Sam
  3. It's Thrilling - Savage - Bloody
    Quicksilver
  4. The Goblets of Fatimara
    The Unknown
  5. The Case of the Purple Mask
    Sally O'Neil Policewoman
  6. ["I'm afraid of snakes around here, Unk!"]
    Windy Breeze
  7. ["Lieutenant Commander Blake has been wounded in action..."]
    Destroyer 171
  8. ["Wow! Shore leave for a coupla hours!"]
    Salty Waters
  9. The Mother Haggard Gang
    Kid Patrol
  10. Death to the Death Ray!
  11. The Blackout Killers!
    Chic Carter
  12. Case No. 7: The Return of Mata Hari
    G-2
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